Star Wars: The Force Awakens is already breaking sales records
The highly-anticipated fantasy flick, which has already earned million in early ticket sales, also stars Lupita Nyong’o, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega and Gwendoline Christie.
The movie has already broke pre-sale records and this $50 gross – which is in America alone – is being reported by THR.
Still, it is hard to predict the actual opening weekend numbers, especially with two other movies opening on the same day and many holdovers, which are likely to steal audiences away. AMC’s Imax auditoriums represented 38 percent of recorded sales, with over 1,000 shows sold out across the country. No movie has opened to more than $100 million in December, with the $85 million bow for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey still holding the month’s record. Emotionally, I’m thinking, “Are you kidding me?!?” We’re all going to the midnight release. “In order for Abrams” installment to break the record for biggest opening weekend of the year, it would have to go beyond the $208 million mark set by Colin Trevorrow’s “Jurassic World”. “Not only that, but “‘It’s in the same spot as Avatar, which played and played and played.
Fear not – if you don’t win the contest, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to catch “The Force Awakens” when it hits theaters December 18. “If it’s really good, it could cross $2 billion'”.
Hamill revealed that he kept a very big secret from the rest of the cast during the making of the original Star Wars trilogy between 1976 and 1983. I hope kids my age have as good an experience as I did so we’ll get yet another generation of Star Wars fans.
“We get access to all of the historical content as well as all the new content developed”, Jorgensen said.
Global fans of Star Wars are rejoicing, with the All Nippon Airway’s (ANA) Star Wars themed jet beginning its worldwide flight schedules today. We want to hear about it in the comments.